Turner gets 19 prison years in two Liberty killings

February 26, 2013 at 3:03p.m.

WARREN

Melvin L. Turner was sentenced to 19 years in prison today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for the killing of Wineice Green and her 13-year-old daughter Ja-Brajasia in their Northgate Drive, Liberty Township, home in 2009.

Turner, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of aggravated burglary, one of tampering with evidence and one of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He is one of five people convicted in the case.